Animal feeder

Claim 1

AN ANIMAL-FEEDING DEVICE COMPRISING AN ELONGATED SUBSTANTIALLY HOLLOW RECTANGULAR FEED BOX HAVING AN OPEN UPPER END, A STANDARD AT EACH CORNER OF SAID FEED BOX SUPPORTING THE LATTER ABOVE THE GROUND, A FIRST ELONGATED SUBSTANTIALLY U-SHAPED CHANNEL MEMBER BEING FIXEDLY SECURED AT ITS OPPOSED ENDS TO, RESPECTIVELY, EACH PAIR OF STANDARDS AT EACH END OF SAID FEED BOX AND INTERMEDIATE THE UPPER AND LOWER ENDS OF SAID STANDARDS, SAID FIRST USHAPED CHANNEL MEMBERS OPENING TOWARD EACH OTHER, AN ELONGATED SUBSTANTIALLY RECTANGULAR BOTTOM WALL FOR SAID FEED BOX HAVING ITS OPPOSED ENDS DISPOSED WITHIN SAID CHANNEL MEMBERS AND EXTENDING THEREBETWEEN, SAID STANDARDS TERMINATING AT THEIR RESPECTIVE UPPER ENDS IN A PAIR OF SECOND U-SHAPED CHANNEL MEMBERS DISPOSED AT RIGHT ANGLES RELATIVE TO ONE ANOTHER, SAID STANDARDS AT EACH END OF SAID FEED BOX HAVING A FIRST PAIR OF SAID LAST-NAMED CHANNELS CONFRONTING ONE ANOTHER TO RECEIVE AN END WALL THEREIN, SAID STANDARDS AT THE OPPOSED SIDES OF SAID FEED BOX HAVING SECOND PAIRS OF SAID LAST-NAMED CHANNEL MEMBERS CONFRONTING ONE ANOTHER, AN ELONGATED SUBSTANTIALLY RECTANGULAR SIDEWALL FOR EACH OF SAID SECOND PAIRS OF CHANNEL MEMBERS, SAID SIDEWALLS HAVING THEIR RESPECTIVE ENDS DISPOSED WITHIN THEIR RESPECTIVE SECOND PAIRS OF CHANNEL MEMBERS, MEANS RELEASABLY CONNECTING THE OPPOSED ENDS OF SAID SIDEWALLS WITH THEIR IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT CHANNEL MEMBER, AND A SUBSTANTIALLY V-SHAPED HOPPER HAVING THE APEX END THEREOF DISPOSED BELOW AND IN OPEN COMMUNICATION WITH THE OPEN END OF SAID FEED BOX AND IN VERTICALLYSPACED RELATION RELATIVE TO SAID BOTTOM WALL, AND MEANS SUPPORTING SAID HOPPER ON SAID SIDEWALLS.